As Greek-German ties erode, Athens complains about Schaeuble ‘insult’
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has accused German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble of insulting his Greek counterpart, the latest deterioration in a relationship badly strained by Berlin’s tough line on Greece’s debt woes.
Israel resumes imports of Gaza fruit and vegetables, easing embargo
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel imported its first fruit and vegetables from the Gaza Strip in almost eight years on Thursday, in a partial easing of an economic blockade maintained since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory.
Russia holds military drills in Crimea, Georgian breakaway regions: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has started military exercises in the country’s south, as well as in Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine last year, news agency RIA reported on Thursday, citing Russia’…
Islamic State militants claim bomb attack in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a police station in the Libyan capital on Thursday in a statement posted on Twitter along with photographs of the scene.
Putin says Russia’s actions in Crimea prevented conflict: RIA news agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s decisive actions in Crimea a year ago were to prevent a conflict similar to the one that followed later in east Ukraine, the state agency RIA Novosti reported on Thursday.
Australia probes claim teenager was Iraq suicide bomber
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities are investigating claims by Islamic State that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, and local media reported that bomb-making materials had been found at his family home in Melbo…
U.N. official calls China’s crackdown on Uighurs ‘disturbing’
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator criticized on Wednesday China’s crackdown on Muslim Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang, citing “disturbing stories” of harassment and intimidation against the ethnic minority.
Indonesia signals unlikely to carry out executions for at least 16 days
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia signaled on Thursday that it was not likely to execute foreigners on death row for at least the next 16 days after the attorney general’s office said that a group of 10 convicts would be executed together.
India’s Sonia Gandhi marches to support ex-PM Singh in court summons
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The top leadership of India’s Congress party including its enigmatic president Sonia Gandhi walked to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s home on Thursday in a unusual display of support after he was summoned to court in a corr…
Poland to hold countrywide defense drills: president’s adviser
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will stress-test its defense capabilities with a series of countrywide drills involving the government, local authorities and the military in response to the Ukraine crisis, Polish president’s chief security adviser said.
